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{{Infobox settlement<br />
| name = Rajnagar<br />
| other_name = <!-- Please do not add any Indic script in this infobox, per WP:INDICSCRIPT policy. --><br />
| nickname = <br />
| settlement_type = Village<br />
| image_skyline = Shiva_Temple_at_Rajnagar.jpg<br />
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| image_caption = Shiva Temple at Rajnagar before the earthquake, 1934<br />
| pushpin_map = India Bihar#India<br />
| pushpin_label_position = right<br />
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Bihar, India<br />
| coordinates = {{coord|26.3958|N|86.1608|E|display=inline,title}}<br />
| subdivision_type = Country<br />
| subdivision_name = India<br />
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]<br />
| subdivision_name1 = [[Bihar]]<br />
| subdivision_type3 = [[List of districts of India|District]]<br />
| subdivision_name3 = [[Madhubani district|Madhubani]]<br />
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of regions of India|Region]]<br />
| subdivision_name2 = [[Mithila (region)|Mithila]]<br />
| established_title = <!-- Established --><br />
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| government_type = Madhubani Municipal Corporation<br />
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| demographics_type1 = Languages<br />
| demographics1_title1 = Official<br />
| demographics1_info1 = [[Maithili language|Maithili]], [[Hindi language|Hindi]], [[Urdu language|Urdu]]<br />
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]<br />
| utc_offset1 = +5:30<br />
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]<br />
| postal_code = 847235<br />
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| blank3_info_sec1 = [[Rajnagar, Madhubani (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Rajnagar]]<br />
| website = {{URL|http://madhubani.nic.in/}}<br />
| iso_code = [[ISO 3166-2:IN|IN-BR]]<br />
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}} [[File:Durga temple in raj palace Rajnagar.jpg|thumb|Durga temple in raj palace Rajnagar]]<br />
[[File:Naulakha palace.jpg|thumb|Naulakha palace]] '''Rajnagar''' is the nearest village to [[Madhubani, Bihar]], India. The ruins of the [[Rajnagar Palace]], destroyed in the [[1934 Nepal–Bihar earthquake]], are located here.<br />
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==History==<br />
[[Rameshwar Singh Jha|Maharajadhiraj Sir Rameshwar Singh Jha ]] wanted to shift the headquarters of Raj Darbhanga from [[Darbhanga]] to Rajnagar and spent money in building palaces and temples and excavating or renovating tanks.<ref name="b">{{cite book |last1=Chaudhury |first1=P. C. Roy <br />
|title=Bihar District Gazetteers: Darbhanga <br />
|date=1964 |publisher=Superintendent Secretariat Press, Bihar <br />
|page=738 |url=https://www.indianculture.gov.in/bihar-district-gazetteers-darbhanga <br />
|access-date=4 June 2021}}</ref> The palaces were ruined almost beyond repair and the temples were also very badly damaged.<ref name="b"/> The earthquake rendered the main palace through the [[Durga]] hall and the roof over the inner shrines into a mass of ruins and the marble image of the deity broke into pieces.<ref name="b"/><br />
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The [[Shiva]] temple built on the South Indian model was beyond repair.<ref name="c">{{cite book |last1=Chaudhury <br />
|first1=P. C. Roy <br />
|title=Bihar District Gazetteers: Darbhanga <br />
|date=1964 |publisher=Superintendent Secretariat Press, Bihar <br />
|page=739 |url=https://www.indianculture.gov.in/bihar-district-gazetteers-darbhanga <br />
|access-date=4 June 2021}}</ref><br />
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The village has had electricity since 1959. A railway station of the [[North Eastern Railway zone|North-Eastern Railway]] serves the village.<ref name="c"/> The village is also the centre of trade in ''[[Euryale ferox]]'' (water berries).<ref name="c"/><br />
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==Gallery==<br />
<gallery widths="200px" heights="150px"><br />
File:Kali_Temple_at_Raj_Nagar.jpg|Kali Temple at Raj Nagar<br />
File:Rajnagar_Railway_Station.jpg|Rajnagar Railway Station is located in Madhubani district<br />
File:Girja temple.jpg|Girja temple </gallery><br />
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==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{Official website|http://madhubani.bih.nic.in/ }}<br />
* [http://gov.bih.nic.in/ Bihar Govt. Official Website]<br />
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{{Authority control}}<br />
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[[Category:Villages in Madhubani district]]<br />
[[Category:Populated places in Mithila, India]]</div>
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